Body - Balanced and quite accomplished compared to how I remember batch 1, some refreshers and even a little clove.

Finish - Long and dustily balanced between crushed boiled sweets, sawdust and liquorice imps. The dry edge really makes it, makes you want to come back and have another sip.

I remember batch one being a distinct disappointment in the delivery but this is much better. Maybe my dram of batch 1 suffered from being just open whereas this advent dram has been through all sorts of punishment to get to me.